#BringBackOurGirls was created by Sandra Jean Ceas out of empathy for the Nigerian parents
separated from daughters kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014. The girls were
taken from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, a school built by the
Church of the Brethren. Many of the girls are members of the Church of the
Brethren in Nigeria. Two hundred and seventy-six tiny dresses represent each
girl who was kidnapped by the Islamist extremists, symbolized by the circular
pattern generated from the Islamic motif in the center. Fifty-seven girls
escaped, as illustrated in the random breakout of uniforms. Underlying the
visual symmetry is a loud silence of despair.

This art print version is 24"h x 36"w and your purchase helps support the Church of the Brethren Nigeria Crisis Fund.